Just three years before he could choose to retire with full benefits, a Spokane Police lieutenant known for his ability to coordinate large events died last week. His colleagues are now planning a large event to honor Lt. Jon “JD” Anderson at the Spokane Arena.

A Spokane police officer has been placed on paid leave after firing his gun in a Saturday arrest. The officer has come under scrutiny before for using force on the job.

A stolen purse could be the motivation behind this weekend’s fatal drive-by shooting in the Wandermere area.

The Downtown Spokane Partnership will offer up to $2,500 in matching rebates for property owners who make changes to their building’s exterior such as security cameras and blocking hidden spaces.

Witnesses said a second man was armed with a pistol as he ran from Coeur d’Alene police officers in the chaos that followed two shooting incidents at a Fourth of July fireworks show.

Spokane police are investigating a shooting that left two dead inside the Ridpath Club Apartments, according to court records.

Despite orders from the Spokane City Council to maintain an independent dispatch crew for firefighters, the city is now relying on a new regional system to handle emergency calls.

Law enforcement has not yet identified which Spokane Police officer shot at 46-year-old Charles Edward Jackson Jr. during a foot chase Saturday on the lower South Hill. Jackson asked to be released to return to Montana, where he’s wanted on probation violations stemming from a shooting in Great Falls in 2011.

Police officials on Monday refused to disclose the medical condition of Tyler Rambo, the 18-year-old who was shot by Coeur d’Alene officers after allegedly firing a gun in a crowd at a Fourth of July fireworks display.

Witnesses said police used a pursuit intervention technique, or PIT maneuver, to stop the suspect’s Ford Expedition after a high-speed chase Monday evening. The vehicle crashed in a yard at Monroe Street and Rowan Avenue.

Late Saturday, May 11 – a day before Mother’s Day – he departed the Walmart store on Colton Street in north Spokane headed somewhere. Perhaps headed home, or maybe to escape the spiral of depression and anxiety that typically follows the type of exchange he had minutes earlier.

What was supposed to be the “largest fireworks show between Seattle and Billings, Montana” was cut short after it sparked five brush fires in the first 10 minutes.

Coeur d’Alene police officers chasing a man they believed had fired a gun within a crowd watching the city’s annual fireworks display shot and injured the suspect late Thursday.